Vatican Praises The Simpsons – The official Vatican newspaper praises the Simpsons for its take on man’s relationship with God.
The Vatican sees right through Homer Simpson’s superficial ambivalence about – or even ignorance of – God to a soul that finds its “ultimate refuge in” the supreme deity.
In a study of that great theological repository, The Simpsons, the editors of L’Osservatore Romano praise its portrayal of “modern people’s indifference toward and great need for the sacred.” And Homer represents all of us.
L’Osservatore points out the deftness with which The Simpsons illustrates “the religious and spiritual confusion of our times,” reports Catholic News Service.
For instance, in one episode, Homer looks skyward and pleads: “I’m usually not a religious man, but if you’re up there, save me, Superman.”
While the sorrow and confusion may be real, Homer’s hilarious gaffe is just a feint. “In reality the two know each other quite well.”
They do know that Homer once referred to Jesus as ”Jebus” don’t they?
Homer Eats The “God” Waffle:
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January 1st, 2010 at 12:26 am
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January 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Too many people live and die on what the Vatican thinks. Especially about TV.And why is he Vatican praising a show with a kid who says “I’m Bart Simpson,who the hell are you?” I mean that show has skewered pretty much every movie star,country,U.S. state,and RELIGION there is.And have been less than friendly to most of those topics.Don’t get me wrong I LOVE THE SIMPSONS.I think I’ve seen every episode and I grew up on em.Hell I remember when they were just a sketch on the Tracy Ullman Show.But the Vatican needs to be quiet on things like this.Religion has too much power as it is.